Mexican Drug Kingpin 'El Chapo' Found Guilty On All Counts

posted by Bill Galluccio -
Feb 12, 2019

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who brutally ran the Sinaloa Cartel for three decades, was convicted for his crimes during his time as a drug kingpin. After six days of deliberations, the jury returned a guilty verdict on all ten charges, which included one count of engaging in a criminal enterprise, seven counts of drug trafficking, one count of illegal use of a firearm, and one count of conspiracy to launder narcotics proceeds.

Guzman's defense lasted just 30 minutes and tried to paint the witnesses as liars who were making up stories to get a better deal from prosecutors for the crimes they committed. Guzman will spend the rest of his life in a U.S. jail.